题目内容

7、“Angel Falls”. New York Times Bestseller，written by Kristin Hannah，tells the following story. To save his  1  life，an ordinary man must risk losing her forever.

Living in a small town of Washington State，Liam and Mikaela have a  2  marriage and family. While Liam enjoys being a doctor，Mikaela  3  their children.

One day Mikaela falls off a horse,  4  her head and sinks into a coma（昏迷）. Liam has been told not to expect a recovery.  5 ，he doesn’t give it up. He hopes that love can  6  what medical science can not. To  7  her out，Liam sits at her bedside and speaks to her. He talks about their   8  together. He tries various ways to   9  her. He brings her favourite music and place across her  10  body with sweaters that smell like home.  11   tries to keep life as normal as possible for their kids. One day,  12  through Mikaela’s closet to find a dress，he happens to find some souvenirs（纪念品）of her first marriage and a picture of her former husband—Julian True. The discovery makes him  13  the foundations of their marriage. Mikaela has a secret past and had a marriage before. Liam has known the   14   that he was not the love of her life. But she is the love of his.  15  still in a coma, Mikaela responds to the stories between Julian and her. Risking losing his wife forever，Liam decides to find Julian to save her.

With Julian’s help, Mikaela   16  awakens. But she has to make a hard choice between the two men. She apologizes to Liam for not telling him her past and says  17  to Julian. She has discovered that it’s Liam who stays with her  18  years of decorating the Christmas   tree，who defines what love really is.

“Angel Falls” is named as the best  19  of the year by “Publishers Weekly” in the US. As a result，Kristin Hannah’s books have  20  many awards.

1. A．sister’s             B．daughter’s            C．horse’s                  D．wife’s

2. A．painful             B．poor                    C．perfect                   D．bad

3. A．looks after        B．is fond of             C．picks up                 D．thinks about

4. A．destroys           B．hits                      C．beats                     D．strikes

5. A．So                   B．Finally                 C．Besides                   D．However

6. A．abandon           B．access                 C．achieve                  D．abuse

7. A．pull                  B．wake                   C．pick                       D．help

8. A．house               B．1ife                     C．pets                       D．work

9. A．awaken            B．trouble                 C．surprise                 D．call

10. A．dead               B．hot                      C．unmoving               D．helpless

11. A．Kristin            B．Julian                   C．Mikaela                  D．Liam

12. A．Getting           B．Going                  C．Doing                    D．Making

13. A．question         B．investigate            C．found                    D．believe

14. A．reason            B．cause                   C．fact                       D．news

15. A．Why              B．Though                C．Where                   D．As

16. A．still                B．also                     C．yet                        D．finally

17. A．good-bye        B．love                     C．hello                       D．yes

18. A．on                  B．with                    C．through                  D．by

19. A．book              B．movie                  C．magazine                D．couple

20. A．sold               B．received               C．given                     D．provided